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Personal info

Full name
BELL, Alanson
Date of birth
5 April 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Chatham, Morris County, New Jersey
Hometown
Chatham, Morris County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42146075
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
30 March 1945
Place of death
Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
D 17 27

Immediate family

Members
John W. Bell (father)
Alice L. Bell (mother)
Alice R. Bell (sister)
William J. Bell (brother)
John W. Bell (brother)
Rodney G. Bell (brother)
Sarah E. Bell (sister)
Harold F. Bell (brother)
Robert B. Bell (brother)

More information

Pvt Alanson Bell was employed at the Cazzetto Shoe Repair Shop before he enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 26 June 1944. He was sent overseas in January 1945.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com - Alan J. Bell, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org, www.newspapers.com - The Madison Eagle New Jersey 26 April 1945
Photo source: Morris County in WWII